Yuma!

We made it to Yuma Friday afternoon. We are at Yuma Lakes, one of our Colorado River Adventures membership parks. We had not been here before. It's a huge park and they seem to have a lot of activities. Yesterday they had their craft sale. We bought some peach jelly and I bought a new lipstick to try. I needed to get my nails done so Ted went with me into Yuma and then we had lunch at Cracker Barrel.

It's pretty windy here and we are up early this morning to get on the road before the wind starts again. We are going to spend the night at the Chula Vista Marina campground. It's right down the street from South Coast Rv where we are checking in tomorrow to repair our bed slide! We think we will be there three or four days. The rollers need to be replaced before they tear up the wood frame and they will be coming from Indiana!

Almost to San Diego..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Lordsburg, New Mexico

We made it to Lordsburg this afternoon about 4:30. It was a long drive that we've made several times. Today there was one difference, there was actually snow on the ground and on the mountains east of Van Horn. Not sure what the elevation was but it was around 49 degrees and sunny with snow! It was a surprise to me that it hadn't melted right away! Tomorrow night we will try to make it to Yuma, another long day!

Enjoying the snow from inside the warm truck..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Ft Stockton Tx

We left Medina Lake this morning and stopped by Class A RV to see if the refrigerator people figured out why our refrigerator stops working when it gets below 35 degrees. They checked the wiring and found it ok. So that wasn't the problem.

We headed west on I-10, it was about 59 degrees. As we were going along, it started raining and started getting colder. After 3 hours I started to drive and it was raining harder and getting colder. It got down to 35 and the rain turned to slush. It was really noisy and then it was 33 degrees and snowing! It got really quiet and we could see the snow coming down. It was even sticking on the ground. Fortunately it warmed back up to 36.

We got to Ft. Stockton about 5:30. The KOA campground here has a cafe with a menu of six items. I had the ribs and they were delicious! It's still raining and the 3 of us are sitting in bed watching tv with the furnace running like crazy !
thank goodness!

Warm and dry...Ain't Life Grand!"

Raining in Texas!

It's raining here and tomorrow, the day we leave it will probably be a downpour! We have to stop at the RV repair shop on our way out of town so they can try one last time to fix our refrigerator. We are heading to San Diego by next Monday. We will also stop at the RV repair shop in Chula Vista to have our bed slide fixed before heading to Pio Pico! We'll see how that goes!

We've had lot of fun in Texas but always look forward to getting back to San Diego!

Heading to San Diego..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Guenther House!

Last night was dinner at Hungry Horse in Boerne where they give you way too much food! After dinner we headed home for cards. This time I was the big winner after being ahead and then dropping behind!

On Saturday we went to the Guenther House. I call it the home of those yummy sweet cream pancakes that I love! The family have owned and operated the Pioneer Flour Mill since the mid 1800's! The family home is a restaurant, museum and gift shop. We had a great lunch with John and Gloria and Pam and Jon. I had the sweet cream waffle. Gloria had a cup of soup and shared her huge cinnamon roll with everyone! The bread for the sandwiches was baked fresh daily and delicious! We all enjoyed our lunch and wandering the house and grounds right next to the river!

After lunch we went to see Red Tails. We all enjoyed the movie (two tissues for me)! Ted thought they should have put in the movie the reason they allowed the Negroes to even be allowed to train to become pilots, which was because of Eleanor Roosevelt. They also didn't talk about how many of the pilots were killed and how many missions they actually went on but he still enjoyed the movie.

We managed to eat some soup for dinner and Gloria finally won at cards!

Yesterday we met our friend Laura and headed out to Welfare, Texas which is north of Boerne about 20 miles.  It is hill country and we went to the Welfare Cafe and Goat Barn is in the middle of nowhere!  The town of Welfare began when the railroad built a line from San Antonio to Kerrville in the 1950's.  The post office burned down in 1916 but was rebuilt.  In 1978 the post office closed its doors and reopened 20 years later as a general store the couple tried to restore the heritage of Welfare.  At some point it became a cute little restaurant with wonderful food!  The owner is the Chef, but did not have her bio on the website.

We had ordered and one of the patrons was asking how his pork shoulder was cooked and the Chef actually told him.  We were obviously interested and asked a few questions.  Next thing we know, we had a sample of the pork along with the dips which were a jalapeno pesto, mango salsa and a Korean sauce.  Needless to say they were all spicy and I thought the pork was really delicious just as it was!  I had grits that were the best ever.  I thought they were scrambled eggs but they were made with corn meal and had Parmesan cheese in them.  Very yummy.  Laura had apple pancakes and the apple was cooked in the pancake not just plopped on top!  She said they were great.  Lucy is the resident dog and sort of wandered in and out but was never a pest and very sweet!

When we left we walked out back.  They have a large event center with two outdoor patios, one next to the restaurant and one by the event center.  The event center was open so we walked around.  They have a fireplace, a small stage and upper area with a bar and beautiful wood throughout.  The outside patio also had a small stage and I imagine it is a fun place when the weather is nice!  We will definitely go back again!

After brunch we took a ride through the hill country back to Boerne and to John and Gloria's.  We had dropped off Max before meeting Laura.  We watched the two football playoff games and had another wonderful meal with them.  John had cooked ribs for us and they were really delicious!  I really liked his sauce and the meat just fell off the bones.  Of course Gloria made a yummy dessert!  Wow, full again!

Having two funfilled days with friends and family..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Still hanging!

Got all the laundry done! Eight loads including Max's blankets and towels and jackets! We are all clean!

Had dinner with john and Gloria last night and played Phase 10! Ted pulled off a big win overcoming John and I by just a few points! We usually come home after dark from John and Gloria's about 25 miles. It's scary because it is a dark 2 lane road and there are a lot of deer. Ted's thinking we need to get a deer guard or stay at the campground in town. With the cost of diesel it will probably be more cost effective to stay in town! A lot better than worrying about hitting a deer!

Thankful we haven't hit a deer..."Ain't Life Grand!"

Sunny again!

Yesterday was drizzly but warmer so the refrigerator worked fine! We were headed to San Antonio to meet friends Pam and Jon and introduce them to Gloria and John. A semi driver fell asleep hit the center divide and veered off, hit a car and flipped over across I-10 fwy and caused a huge traffic jam. We turned around and went back and had John's yummy Belgium waffles! In the afternoon we ventured out to look at barstools. They didn't find anything so we headed back and played a game of Mexican Train! It was a good game with Ted and John competing for the win, back and forth like a ping pong ball! John won by 3 points taking 1st place from Ted! Meanwhile Gloria and I vied for last place! It was a fun day and we headed home after eating some leftovers!

Today we are staying home, need to get laundry done and some other chores!

Hanging out, playing games and eating..."Ain't Life Grand!"